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LIBRARY 

OF  THE 

UNIVERSITY  of  ILLINOIS, 


B  Y-L  A  W  S 


OF   THE 


SCHOOL  OF  MINES 


OF 


COLUMBIA  COLLEGE. 


SCHOOL    OF    MINES 
1871. 


BY-LAWS 


OF  THE 


SCHOOL  OF  MINES 


OF 


COLUMBIA  COLLEGE. 


ADMISSION. 

I.    REGULAR   COURSES   OF    STUDY. 

1.  Candidates  for  admission  to  any  of  the  regular  courses 
of  lectures,  must  be  at  least  18  years  of  age.  They  will  be 
examined  in  Algebra,  Geometry,  Plane,  Analytical  and 
Spherical  Trigonometry,  Physics  and  General  Chemistry. 

2.  Students  of  Colleges  and  Schools  of  Science  who  shall 
have  completed  so  much  of  the  course  of  study  as  is  compre- 
hended in  the  foregoing  branches,  may  be  received  without 
examination,  on  presenting  their  Diplomas  or  Certificates  of 
good  standing  and  honorable  dismissal. 

3.  No  candidate  for  a  Degree  shall  be  admitted  to  an 
advanced  standing,  until  he  shall  have  passed  a  satisfactory 
examination  upon  the  studies  which  have  been  pursued 
by  the  class  which  he  desires  to  join. 


II.    SPECIAL   COURSES   OF  STUDY. 

4.  Those  who  are  not  candidates  for  a  degree  may,  by 
special  arrangement,  pursue  any  of  the  branches  taught  in 
the  school. 

If  they  select  mathematics,  mechanics,  physics,  civil  or 
mining  engineering,  they  will  be  required  to  give  evidence 
of  their  ability  to  pursue  the  subject  with  profit.  For  other 
subjects  no  preliminary  examination  will  be  required. 

They  must  be  at  least  seventeen  years  of  age. 

III.    PREPARATORY   COURSE   OF   STUDY. 

5.  Candidates  for  the  preparatory  year  must  be  seventeen 
years  of  age,  and  must  pass  a  satisfactory  examination  in 
arithmetic,  including  the  metric  system  of  weights,  measures, 
and  moneys ;  in  algebra,  through  simple  equations ;  and  in 
geometry,  on  the  first  four  books  of  Davies'  Legendre. 

ATTENDANCE. 

6.  Prompt  attendance  upon  all  the  exercises  of  the  School 
will  be  required. 

7.  Any  student,  who  being  present  at  the  School  shall 
absent  himself  from  any  exercise  at  which  his  attendance 
is  due,  shall  be  liable  to  removal  from  the  roll  of  his  class. 

8.  No  student  shall  be  entitled  to  an  examination  on  any 
study  who  shall  absent  himself  from  more  than  one-fourth 
of  the  lectures  and  recitations  on  that  subject. 

9.  Candidates  for  a  degree  may,  by  a  vote  of  the  Faculty, 
be  excused  from  attending  studies  of  the  course  which  they 
have  pursued  elsewhere,  on  passing  satisfactory  examina- 
tions upon  the  same  when  they  enter. 

10.  Any  student  who  shall  have  passed  a  satisfactory 
examination  in  the  undergraduate  department  of  Columbia 
College  in  any  study  forming  a  part  of  the  regular  course  in 
the  School  of  Mines,  will  not  be  required  to  pursue  that 
study  in  the  School. 


11.  No  special  student  shall  attend  the  lectures  in  any  de- 
partment until  he  shall  have  reported  his  intentions  to  do  so 
to  the  head  of  that  department,  and  he  shall  then  be  subject 
to  all  the  rules  and  regulations  applied  to  the  candidates  for 
a  degree. 

12.  Special  students  will  be  required  to  attend  the  follow- 
ing courses  of  lectures. 

1.  Those  in  the  Qualitative  Laboratory  the  lectures  on 
General  Chemistry,  Qualitative  Analysis,  and  Stoichiometry. 

2.  Those  in  the  Quantitative  Laboratory,  the  lectures  on 
General  Chemistry,  Stoichiometry,  Quantitative  Analysis, 
Assaying,  and  Applied  Chemistry. 

3.  Those  in  Mechanics  or  Physics,  the  regular  courses  in 
Mathematics. 

4.  Those  in  Drawing,  the  lectures  on  Descriptive  Geometry 
and  Shades  and  Shadows. 

EXAMINATIONS. 

13.  Examinations  on  the  subjects  in  which  instruction 
has  been  given  in  the  School,  will  be  held  at  the  close  of 
the  first  term  or  at  the  end  of  the  year. 

14.  No  Student  who  shall  absent  himself  from  a  regular 
examination,  shall  be  allowed  to  proceed  without  a  special 
vote  of  the  Faculty. 

15.  Students  who  do  not  pass  a  satisfactory  examination 
will  be  permitted  to  present  themselves  for  a  second  trial 
during  the  first  week  after  the  ensuing  summer  vacation. 
The  time  cannot  be  extended  without  a  special  vote  of  the 
Faculty. 

16.  Examinations  at  times  other  than  here  designated,  will 
not  be  held  except  by  order  of  the  Faculty. 

17.  Regular  students,  deficient  in  any  department  will  not 
be  allowed  to  go  on  with  their  classes  without  a  special  vote 
of  the  Faculty. 

18.  No  student  shall  be  entitled  to  a  degree  until  he  has 
passed  satisfactory  examinations  in  all  the  studies  of  the 
course. 


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19.  Any  student  who  shall  have  completed  the  course 
required  for  graduation,  and  who  shall  desire  to  continue  his 
studies  in  the  School  for  a  longer  time,  will  be  permitted  to 
do  so ;  and  with  the  consent  of  the  Faculty  may  have  an 
examination  for  a  degree  at  the  close  of  any  subsequent  term. 


STANDING. 

20.  Every  officer  will  keep  a  record  of  the  attendance  and 
scholarship  of  each  student,  and  report  the  same  after  the 
final  examination  of  the  year. 

21.  The  maximum  will  be  ten  in  each  department,  and 
six  will  be  required  to  pass  a  student. 

22.  The  standing  of  the  student  will  be  determined  from 
the  record  of  all  the  departments. 


JOURNALS  OF  TRAVEL  AND  MEMOIRS. 

23.  Each  student,  at  the  commencement  of  his  second  and 
third  year,  will  be  required  to  present  a  Journal  of  his 
travels  during  the  vacation,  and  Memoirs  on  such  subjects  as 
shall  have  been  assigned  to  him  by  the  Faculty. 

PROJECTS. 


24.  Each  student,  before  graduation,  will  be  required  to 
execute  at  least  two  Projects  on  subjects  assigned  to  him  by 
the  Faculty.     These  Projects  must  be  illustrated  by  draw- 

ngs  made  to  a  scale. 

25.  All  Memoirs,  Projects,  Journals,  and  Drawings 
executed  in  the  Drawing  Academy,  will  be  retained  by  the 
School. 


APPAKATUS. 

26.  Apparatus  may  be  purchased  by  the  students  from 
any  of  the  dealers  in  the  city,  or  it  may  be  borrowed  from 
the  supplies  of  the  School.  In  the  latter  case  the  student 
will  be  required  to  make  a  deposit  of  twenty  dollars.  At 
the  end  of  the  session  he  will  be  credited  with  those  articles 
which  he  returns  in  good  order,  while  the  value  of  those 
which  he  has  injured  or  broken  will  be  deducted  from  his 
deposit 

27.  Platinum  crucibles,  weights,  assay  balances,  agate 
mortars,  steel  mortars,  &c,  must  be  paid  for  on  delivery. 
When  they  are  returned,  a  deduction  will  be  made  from  the 
amount  deposited,  according  to  the  injury  they  may  have 
suffered  in  use. 

THE  LIBRARY. 

28.  The  Library  will  be  open  to  students  from  9.30  A.  M. 
to  4  P.  M. 

29.  Books  taken  from  the  Library  must  be  returned  with- 
in one  week.  The  retention  of  a  book  for  a  longer  period 
will  subject  the  student  to  a  fine  of  two  cents  for  each 
additional  day. 

30.  Students  shall  give  receipts  for  books  taken,  and  shall 
be  responsible  for  their  return  in  good  condition. 

31.  Drawings,  Engravings,  Books  of  Plates,  and  works  of 
general  reference  shall  not,  under  any  circumstances,  be 
taken  from  the  Library. 


THE  LABORATORIES  AND  DRAWING  ACADEMY. 

32.  The  analytical,  assay,  blowpipe  and  mineralogical 
laboratories,  and  the  drawing  acadamy  will  be  open  on  week- 
days from  9  A.  M.  till  5.30  P.  M.,  except  on  Saturdays,  and 
during  vacations. 


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DEGREES. 

33.  Every  student  who  shall  have  passed  satisfactory  ex- 
aminations in  all  of  the  studies  of  a  course,  and  who  shall 
have  completed  the  required  number  of  Projects,  Memoirs, 
Journals  of  Travel,  Analyses,  Assays,  and  Drawings,  will  be 
recommended  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  the  degree  of 
Civil  Engineer,  Engineer  of  Mines,  or  Bachelor  of  Philosophy. 

34.  Candidates  for  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Philosophy 
will  be  required  to  pass  a  special  examination. 

OKDER 


35.  Good  order  and  gentlemanly  deportment  will  be  re- 
quired of  all  students,  as  a  condition  of  attendance  upon  the 
exercises  of  the  School. 


